Improvement in combined kindling-wood receptacle and burning-fluid can



Patented Jan. 1, |878.

S. H. BRADFORD. Combined Kndlng-Wood Receptacle and Buirning-` Fluid Gan.

ATTORNEYS.

\ MPETERS. PHOT-LITHOGHAPHER. WASHINGTON. Dv C.

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s; nnvckson BRADFORD, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

l |N|PRovEMENT |N COMBINED KlNDLING-woon'RCEPTACLEAND BURNING-FLUID CNN.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 198,788, dated January 1,1878 application filed A November 20, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, S. HINcKsON BRAD- FORD, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Combined Kindling -Wood Receptacle and Burning-Fluid Can, of which the following is a specificationz' In the accompanying drawings, Figs. l and 2 represent vertical central sections, respectively, of the burning-fluid can and of the kindling-wood receptacle, shown as detached from each other. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section,'showing them connected for use; and Fig. 4 is a vertical central section of the burning-huid can closed for` use independently of the kindling-wood receptacle.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is the production of a receptacle or vessel by which kindling-wood, or other material for kindling purposes, may be quickly and conveniently saturated with burning-iiuid, the device being particularlyA adapted for households wherein lires have to be lighted every day, and intended to facilitate the lighting of the res and avoid the danger incidental to the present careless use of kerosene or other burning-Huid in making fires.

The invention consists of a can or vessel for the burning-duid, and of a receptacle or vessel for the kindling material, the latter vessel having an adjustable and perforated draining-disk that retains the kindling material in position for saturation, while the oilcan is provided with a cup or seat, drip-hole, and fastening devices for the kindling-Wood receptacle.

In the drawings, A represents an oil'can or vessel of any suitable size, made of tin, with or without a spout, as desired. When made with a spout, the can A may be Vused as a common oil-can. B is the receptacle into which the kindling material that is to be saturated is placed, the same being retained in position so as not to float 'inl the burning-fluid, or change its position when turning the receptacle, by a perforated draining-disk or diaphragm, C, that is locked by a pivot-rod, a, to notched or step-shaped seats or rests b at the inside of the recept-acle.

When the kindling material has been placed in the receptacle the draining-disk G is secured in position thereon, and then the receptacle turned upside down and placed in position on the can A; Both receptacle and can are provided with handles for the convenient manipulation of the device.

The can A is provided with a cup, d, at the upper end, into which the receptacle is seated when placed into position on the can.

Both can and receptacle are next taken hold of, and their position reversed,y so that the burning-fluid passes down into the receptacle B, and through the perforated disk to the kindling material, which is then saturated with burnin g-iluid. The device is then turned back into its former position, and the burning-huid returned into the can, any drippin gs being taken up by the cup and conducted through a drip-hole, e, back into the can. The driphole@ has a guard-plate oriiange,e1, at the inside to prevent any escape of oil through the drip-hole when turning the can into uppermost position.

When'the can is larger than the kindlingwood receptacle, in 'case a common oil-can -is used in connection with the receptacle, the

latter has to be secured hermetieally thereon,

either by a rubber gasket and screw-connection, or tongue and groove, or otherwise, so that-the oil has no chance of escape on turning the device for saturating the kindling ma terial in the receptacle. The spout may either be closed by a screw-cap, or the reversing be done by careful handling, and passing the oil Aalong the side opposite to the spout. The draining-disk prevents the dropping of the pieces of wood or other particles into the burning fluid, and serves thus a threefold purpose, namely, as a locking device to prevent the iioating and imperfect saturation' of the wood as a drainer, and as a strainerrto retain any small impurities. v

The device may be manufactured either in connection with a common oil-can, which is. then also provided with a detachable cover, f, or, in cheaper manner, simply with a small oil can or cup that furnishes a quantity of oil sufficient to saturate the kindling material in the receptacle. It forms a very useful and practical device for kindling fires in quick and v i l entirely dangerless manner, and avoids the accidents and danger of fire by the use of i l material in position for saturation, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a burning-Huid can, having outer cup or seat and drip-hole, With inner guard-ange, of a kindling-Wood receptacle, having an adjustable perforatedretaining disk or diaphragm, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the kindling-Wood receptacle, having interior notches or stepshaped seats, of a perforated draining-diskV adjusted by a retaining-rod to the size of the kindling material, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

S. HINOKSON BRADFORD. Witnesses:

PAUL GOEPEL, C. SEDGWICK. 

